Away

To another place

This is the literal meaning of away.

be away	It's hard being away from them when I'm working, but when you're busy it's much easier to cope
chase away	A passer-by stopped his car to help and, along with several neighbors, managed to chase the dog away. No one was bitten.
come away	He asked her to come away with him, to leave Texas for a while.
draw away	She grabbed Morita's fist and drew him away from the door.
drive away	The soldiers checked a group of youths and then pulled Hamediye onto the jeep and drove away.
fall away	Fortunately, the tree fell away from the house, but it landed squarely in our swimming pool.
frighten away	They feel a refinery would frighten away tourists and potential tourism investors.
get away	Sometimes it's not until you get away that you appreciate what you left behind.
go away	We went away for the weekend.
look away	When he looked at her, she looked away.
move away	I need a fresh start. I'm thinking of moving away.
pull away	Daniel shifted gear and the bike pulled away.
run away	The kids knocked on the door and ran away.
scare away	A neighbour with a baseball bat finally scared the dog away.
send away	The machine had to be sent away to repair.
shoo away	He waved his hands to shoo away the seagulls.
sneak away	Take a break from your busy life and sneak away for a mini vacation.
slide away	The mountain is sliding away and the path is very unstable.
step away	Step away from your computer screen well before yo go to bed.
stretch away	From there you can see the ocean, stretching away to the horizon.

Avoiding, preventing or not taking part

Not do something or stop doing it,  because you're afraid, it's illegal, bad for you, etc. If you keep away from somebody, you don't go near the person, because you know it's not a good idea.

back away	I've never backed away from a challenge.
break away	Kazakhstan broke away from the Soviet Union in 1991.
frighten away	They feel a refinery would frighten away tourists and potential tourism investors.
get away	Even though the place is alive with wildlife, it is hard to get away from the fact that it is still a desert.
keep away	Keep away from that man - he's a known criminal.
move away	He bent to kiss her but she moved away.
nudge away	The aim is to nudge consumers away from unhealthy soft drinks.
push away	I push everyone away because I'm scared of getting attached.
run away	Why do children and young people run away, or become homeless?
scare away	A neighbour with a baseball bat finally scared the dog away.
shy away	Don't shy away from people just because they're different.
slip away	Janet slipped away for a few minutes.
stay away	Tourists stayed away, frightened by more than a year of violence.
tear away	The actor had to tear himself away from his lady friend as duty called.
turn away	Protestors were forcibly turned away by police.
wave away	They're used to waving away questions about the way they operate.

Disappearing; removing; be gone

Disappear, remove or be gone, very often gradually.

chuck away	Don't forget that the club will refund your train tickets, so don't chuck them away.
carry away	You don't want to take too much notice of what he says. Sometimes he gets a bit carried away.
clear away	The rain will gradually clear away during the early hours.
die away	The heavy showers will die away this evening.
do away with	Most countries have done away with the death penalty.
fade away	Despite predictions to the contrary, the controversy has not faded away.
fell away	Those who fell away were always replaced by others.
fritter away	Every time they get a bit of money they fritter it away.
gamble away	He gambled all his money away.
give away	I had a lot of books I didn't want to keep so I gave them away to a friend.
go away	Drug addiction is a problem that will never go away.
idle away	I spent the day idling away the time at home.
laugh away	The situation is intolerable and it cannot be laughed away.
loaf away	It's an ideal place to have lunch and loaf away the mid-day hours.
melt away	My fears began to melt away.
pass away	She passed away on Saturday.
sign away	He agreed to sign away his property.
slide away	I felt my boyfriend was sliding away from me.
slip away	Janet slipped away for a few minutes.
throw away	I think I'll throw away these magazines.
toss away	He tossed away any chance you may have had.

Continuous activity

Used to indicate that an activity goes on and on.

eat away	Wage rises are being eaten away at by inflation.
beaver away	I have been beavering away on a project all year.
chat away	They went from zero computer experience to chatting away happily in just a few minutes.
chip away	Keep chipping away at his defences.
hammer away	They've been hammering away at this point for a while.
peg away	They decided to stop after pegging away at it for a couple of hours.
plod away	I've been plodding away on this for a few days.
plug away	He's sitting at his desk, plugging away at it.
puff away	Smoking looks like a harmless pastime but we all know that it's not. Scenes of glamorous actors puffing away in the movies don't tell the truth about smoking.
slave away	She's been slaving away at this for weeks.
slog away	For the cast and crew, it was time to celebrate and give thanks after months of slogging away.
snore away	He was already in bed, snoring away, when I came in the room.
type away	Smartly dressed 20-somethings were typing away on laptops.
work away	Mr. Hunt, one of the school's counselors, was sitting behind his desk working away at his computer.

Out of sight or in a safe place

Hiding something or storing it.

clear away	I helped him clear away the mess.
file away	Don't let that paperwork grow into a mountain. File it away in an appropriate place if you need to refer to it again.
fold away	When you're done, fold them away again.
lock away	Sensitive and classified information is to be locked away in an approved fire-resistant cabinet when not being used.
pack away	We have found over 55 boxes of things that have been packed away for years.
put away	Take the time to put things away after you use them.
send away	Last summer my sister had to be sent away to a rehab.
squirrel away	He managed to squirrel away the money without his mum noticing it.
stash away	We strongly suspect he has stashed away millions, which will be waiting for him when he gets out of prison.
store away	It can be easily wiped clean, folded up and stored away when not in use.
stow away	The unit folds to a mere 5cm when not in use so it can be transported or stowed away easily.

Result

come away	We came away convinced that this was the right choice.
take away	The message I took away from the talk is that we can adapt.

Miscellaneous

blow away

I was blown away by their attention to detail.